Niagara Parks Commission School of Gardening Graduation Program, 1956

The Niagara Parks Commission School of Gardening was organized in 1935 in order to help fill the Commission’s need for skilled gardeners to maintain the extensive parkland owned by the Commission. In 1959 the School was renamed the Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture. The name changed again in 1990 to the Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens and School of Horticulture to better reflect the development of the program.

Ann Eliza Hepburne Rooth fonds, 1837-1897

Ann Eliza Hepburne was born in Chippawa, Ontario, in 1821, to William Hepburne and Susan Shannon. In 1842, she married William Anthony Rooth in St. James Cathedral in Toronto. They continued to live in different parts of the Niagara region, including Drummondville, Welland and Port Colborne. William was the editor and proprietor of the Drummondville Reporter, as well as an accountant and insurance agent, and later worked for the Customs Service in Port Colborne. He died in 1878, and Eliza in 1899. Both are buried in Drummond Hill Cemetery in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Niagara Parks Commission annual report, March 1885.

Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Every man his own guide to the Falls of Niagara : or, The whole story in a few words /

Cover title: Guide to Niagara Falls.

A guide to travelers visiting the Falls of Niagara : containing much interesting and important information respecting the Falls and vicinity /

Twelve editions published between 1834 and 1849. 1st and 2d eds. published under title: A guide to travelers visiting the Falls of Niagara ; 3d-6th eds. under title: The book of Niagara Falls ; and 7th-12th eds. under title: Steele's book of Niagara Falls.

Niagara Parks Commission annual report, September 1885.

Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Niagara Parks Commission annual report, 1886.

Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Niagara Parks Commission annual report, 1895.

Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Niagara Parks Commission annual report, 1896.

Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Niagara Parks Commission annual report, 1897.

Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Niagara Parks Commission annual report, 1898.

Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Niagara Parks Commission annual report, 1899.

Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Niagara Parks Commission annual report, 1900.

Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Niagara Parks Commission annual report, 1901.

Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Niagara Parks Commission annual report, 1902.

Printed by Order of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.